Secret documents obtained during the on-going Scorpene submarine probe have revealed the roles of an alleged ally of former finance minister Tun Daim Zainuddin as well as Abdul Razak Baginda in procuring major defence contracts between France and Malaysia, Suaram has said. The human rights group said that police have seized documents in the form of a note for the French Minister of Defence dated June 2, 1999. This was in relation to an interview on Malaysian and French strategic defence ties with the then Malaysian Minister of Defence Datuk Seri Najib Razak. It said that the note read that pursuant to major defence contracts between France and Malaysia, there was a “requirement” that a substantial transfer of money had to be channelled to individuals and/or political organisations. “The note specifically states that apart from individuals, the ruling party (Umno) is the bi...